Comments on: So, what exactly is a venture capitalist (aka “VC”) and what do they do? http://ocvcblog.com/2007/04/11/so-what-exactly-is-a-venture-capitalist-aka-vc-and-what-do-they-do/% Just a VC in The OC thinking out loud Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:23:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Bobby Martyna http://ocvcblog.com/2007/04/11/so-what-exactly-is-a-venture-capitalist-aka-vc-and-what-do-they-do/%#comment-99 Bobby Martyna Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:39:19 +0000 http://ocvcblog.com/2007/04/11/so-what-exactly-is-a-venture-capitalist-aka-vc-and-what-do-they-do/%#comment-99 Way back when I was a young, naive, heads-down programmer and committed triathlete, I started chatting with a guy at my health club in Santa Monica, CA. I told him a bit about the startup where I was working and we had a good conversation around the technology and the product line. Then asked him what he did. I honestly thought he said he was a ventriloquist. Seriously. And so I sort of wondered how a ventriloquist would know so much about technology, but didn't think too much about it, really. I remember I almost asked him to throw his voice, but didn't have the chance. I'm sure if I did, he would have thought I was insane -- which would have been the first time, but surely not the last time a VC might have drawn that conclusion about me. Anyway, it wasn't until years later that I figured this all out. True story. Way back when I was a young, naive, heads-down programmer and committed triathlete, I started chatting with a guy at my health club in Santa Monica, CA. I told him a bit about the startup where I was working and we had a good conversation around the technology and the product line. Then asked him what he did.

I honestly thought he said he was a ventriloquist. Seriously. And so I sort of wondered how a ventriloquist would know so much about technology, but didn’t think too much about it, really. I remember I almost asked him to throw his voice, but didn’t have the chance.

I’m sure if I did, he would have thought I was insane — which would have been the first time, but surely not the last time a VC might have drawn that conclusion about me.

Anyway, it wasn’t until years later that I figured this all out.

True story.

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